EHS Crimson Tide Spring Sports Roundup

By Joe McConnell

Softball doubles up Malden in the home opener

Early season spring high school games can create interesting scenarios, with the weather playing a leading role as the main culprit to slow starts or suspended openings. The Everett High softball team traveled to Cambridge to face the Falcons on April 1, but unfortunately, they didn’t get out of the third inning before Mother Nature took over the script. Coach Stacy Schiavo’s team was leading, 9-6, in the third inning, when the umpires called the game, because of poor field conditions from the on-and-off rain that day. The teams were scheduled to resume the game two days later, but sure enough there was more rain to cancel it altogether.

But finally, the sun returned on Monday, April 6 – albeit with chilly temperatures – for the Tide to play a complete game at long last, and it was the home opener at Glendale Park against Greater Boston League (GBL) rival Malden, where they proceeded to double up the Golden Tornadoes, 8-4.

Mia Allen pitched a complete game to secure the victory. Allen went all seven innings, giving up four hits, five walks and three earned runs, while striking out 15. She hit one batter.

The Crimson Tide scored the first run in the very first inning. Arianna Osorio-Bonilla, the second batter in the lineup, started the threat with a single to the outfield, and with two outs Kayleigh Ridlon knocked her home with a clutch hit. Allen followed that up with a shutdown inning by impressively striking out the side. The offense added to the lead in the third with another run, and Juliette Romboli supplied the power with a solo homerun to get the job done after two outs.

The Everett girls broke the game open with three more runs in the fourth. Morgan Salvi drew a walk to start the uprising. She advanced to second on a passed ball, and to third on a sacrifice bunt by Meghan Comerford. Allen kept the line moving by reaching on a fielder’s choice, which set up Osorio-Bonilla, whose double knocked in both Salvi and Allen. She then went to third on a passed ball, before stealing home to account for the third, and final, run of the frame.

The Tide scored twice more in the fifth. Lindsey Sylva reached on an error in the outfield, stole second and scored on a single by McKenzie Rivera. Bianca Moran Leal bunted her to second before going on to third on a fielder’s choice before scoring on another fielder’s choice.

Malden showed some fight to get back into the game in the sixth with three runs, but Allen limited the damage by fanning the final two batters of the stanza. The Tide got one back in the home half of the inning. Allen led it off with a single and went to second on a passed ball before scoring the team’s eighth run of the game on another double by Osorio-Bonilla.

The Golden Tornadoes scratched out their fourth and final run of the game in the seventh, but alas it was too little, too late to produce any comeback bid in the Tide’s 2026 Glendale debut.

But despite the satisfying win, Schiavo knows that there’s still room for improvement. “We are capable of better at-bats,” the veteran coach said, “but we also had some players playing different positions.”

The coach also mentioned that the weather is still not conducive to play softball the right way at times. “It’s always tough when the weather is this cold, and the rain didn’t help us out either. This was our first full game,” she said afterwards. “Mia did a great job [in the circle], but we need to do a better job keeping runners off base to prevent runs.”

Following another home game against Revere two days later (after press deadline), the Tide will begin a new week against host Lynn English at Lynn’s Breed Field on Monday, April 13, at 5:30 p.m. They will then be at Chelsea’s Carter Park to face the Red Devils on Wednesday at 4 p.m., before taking off for Byfield to go up against non-league Triton Regional on Friday, April 17, at the same time.

Volleyball secures first win

  The Crimson Tide boys volleyball team, coached by Mike Fineran, is off to a 1-3 start. Seniors Christian Ramirez and Victor Rosa are this year’s captains. But they also get some help leading the team from their classmates on the roster, who include outside hitter Matheus Teixeira Fernandes, setters Noel Lopez Ardon and Gustavo Franca and defensive specialists Gustavo Neto and Travis Phay. Isaque Agostinho and Randy Hou are also seniors, but at the same time are newcomers to the program, who bring valuable athleticism and versatility to the overall roster, according to Fineran.

Juniors Adam Bousbaa and Donart Maksutaj patrol the middle front, while their classmates Akush Gurung, Samir Dervisevic and Anthoid Khanal add energy and power to the lineup. Sophomore Danilo Teixeira Fernandes is a returning setter, and freshman Miguel Rodovanski plays “like a veteran in the front or back row,” said Fineran.

The Tide have already lost to Lowell and Lawrence, two tough Merrimack Valley opponents, by identical 3-0 scores. But the Everett boys did defeat Pioneer Charter by that exact same score to grab their first win of the year on March 31. They started this week by getting shut out again, this time by host Lynn Classical on April 6.

“We are still trying to get comfortable playing together, and as a result we expect some growing pains in the early going,” said Fineran. “The losses to Lowell and Lawrence helped us identify what we need to work on. Hopefully, those experiences will get us better prepared to take on the top teams in the GBL.”

Everett will now be going up against the Highlanders at Somerville on Monday, April 13, at 5:30 p.m. They will then head to Revere to face the Patriots two days later at the same time, before taking a trip to Lynn Tech on April 16 to close out the week against the Tigers at 4 p.m.

Tide baseball drops first three games

  The Crimson Tide baseball team lost to non-league Mystic Valley at Malden Catholic in its opening game of the season on April 1, 4-3. Junior Derek Soper pitched the first four innings before freshman Luke Wood tossed the final three. Wood also stood out offensively in his varsity debut with two triples, which also matched the contributions of his sophomore teammate M.J. Guida. Junior Anderson Santiago accounted for two singles. Armani Negron and Soper chipped in with one base hit apiece.

Coach Malik Love’s team then went on to lose to Belmont, another non-league opponent, at Watertown on April 3, 6-0, before getting dominated by host Malden in the GBL opener on April 6, 13-2.

The Tide then took on Revere in another road game on April 8 (after press deadline). After that, they will finally make their 2026 Glendale Park debut against non-league Whittier Tech on Saturday, April 11, at 11 a.m., and will remain at home for four more games, including two next week against Lynn English (April 13) and Chelsea (April 15). Both games will start at 4 p.m.